Chemours, DataVolt partner to develop liquid cooling for AI data centers

Chemours, a global chemical company, has announced a partnership with DataVolt to develop and promote liquid cooling technologies for data centers. DataVolt, a developer and operator of digital infrastructure, has a development center in India. The collaboration aims to address the rising demand for energy-efficient and scalable cooling systems, especially for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven data centers. 

The focus of the partnership is to demonstrate and advance liquid cooling methods such as two-phase direct-to-chip and immersion cooling. These technologies are being developed to meet the increasing heat and energy demands of high-performance computing and next-generation chips used in AI systems. 

Chemours will contribute to its Opteon range of low global warming potential dielectric fluids to support the cooling systems. These fluids are engineered to reduce energy consumption, limit environmental impact, and increase cooling efficiency in high-density computing environments. DataVolt will integrate these solutions into its infrastructure plans. 

The collaboration includes work with other industry participants to support a broader transition to liquid cooling. The goal is to reduce reliance on traditional air-based cooling, lower total costs, minimise water use, and improve operational capacity in data centers. 

As digital infrastructure expands in India, liquid cooling is emerging as a key solution to manage the heat generated by AI systems and high-performance chips. These systems often exceed the limits of traditional air-based cooling. Chemours' liquid cooling technology is designed to address these challenges by significantly reducing cooling energy consumption and operating costs, while minimising water use. 

Denise Dignam, Chemours President and CEO, said, "Combining our thermal management expertise with DataVolt’s knowledge designing and operating sustainable data centers, we can help accelerate the adoption of liquid cooling and other innovative technologies, minimising data center total cost of ownership and environmental footprint, while maximising performance and efficiency.” 

Rajit Nanda, DataVolt CEO, said, “This collaboration underscores our commitment to be at the forefront of innovation as we serve the world’s insatiable need for eco-friendly, high-performance and mission critical AI factories that can support ever increasing compute densities while also being rapidly deployable, sustainable and cost effective."